Clothes-drier.



H. B. FRUTCHEY.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1 2 1917.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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GLGTI-IES-DRIEB,

Specification of LettersLPatent.

PatentedOct. 23,1917;

Application-filed May 12, 1917. serial no. 168,205.

To (ZZZ whom a may. concern:

Be it known that I, HEBER B. FRUT HEY} .a citizen of the United States, residingat Scranton, in the'countyof Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to. which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clot-he's ,driers, and more particularly to a foldable cabinet drier. A

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a neat, practicable and inexpensivecabinet clothes drier.

Particularly it "is an object "to provide for the ready attachment of the clothes drier to various convenient supports, and inthe accomplishment of this object the present invention consists-of .a cabinetv clothes drier involving a suitable frame structure provided with a clamp which is adapted to be arranged upon ;or about suitable convenient support, such, for instance, as a pair of horizontal, spaced nails, screws, or other projections, and it is a further object ofthe invention to provide such .a clamp for mounting the rack upon a support of this type in which the clamp is adapted to universally engage nails, screws or the like which may be driven in studs orinto partitions or wall structures. at various distances from each other. I i

It is another object of the invention to provide a cabinet :drier of this type involving means for securely fastening it to a convenient support so as to hold the rack rigidly and firmly and insure the proper supporting of the heavy load of damp artipjles which may be arranged upon the rack are.

With these and other objects in view one embodiment of my invention is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rack as applied to a wall.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same showing one of the group of carrying bars as folded into concealed position between the frame or cabinet members, and

Fig. 3, is a transverse section through the device showing it as engaging and supported upon nails driven into a wallstructure with studdlng.

. In the form of the rack shown it involves a suitable framestructure comprising upper and lower parallel frame members 2 of suit able length and width, and these are provided at their ends with bolts or other suitable fastening means 3 extending perpendicularly throughthe parts 22 and upon each of the bolts there is mounted a group of swinging hanger bars L which may be of suitable length and proportions, the rear pivoted end of these bars preferably being left rectangular in form as shown at 5 where they are mounted upon the pivot bolts 3 for the purpose of securing an ample and wide bearing where the bars rest upon eachother and where they engage the'adja'cent surfaces of the overlapping members 22.. The bolts or :Eastening'means 3 are shown in Fig.2 as being arranged one in the median line of the top and bottom members 2, while the other one is disposed slightly toward the frontof the members, this permitting the group of bars t to be swunginto overlapping position upon one another asindi'cated in Fig. 2 :so that the front of the bars 4 are arranged substantially flush, when folded, with the front edges of the frame members 22. The bolts, 3 passing through the groups of hanger bars at provide means not only for clamping the members 2+2 together and for receiving and pivotally supporting the hanger bars i, but also provide for the suitable frictional clamping of the bars 4 between the members asmay be de sired to prevent them from swinging too freely."

One of the-im;portant featruzes of my present-invention resides in the provison of means for readily attaching the drier to suitable supporting means, such for instance as nails or screws which may be driven into a wall partition, or other structural surface. The studding in walls and partitions frequently varies in different structures in pitch, and for the purpose of readily clamping and supporting the clothes drier of the present invention upon nails or screws which may be driven into studding of these various pitches, I provide means attached to the "frame structure of the clothes drier to accomplish this purpose. As shown, this means involves a longitudinally extending clamp bar 6 which preferably is disposed below the upper bar 2 of the frame structure and is connected thereto by means of screws 7 which pass through the upper bar and engage at their points in the adjacent clamp member 6, thus permitting the latter to be moved laterally toward and from the lower surface of the upper member 2 to engage the supporting nails 8, for instance, which may be driven in the studs or wall structure upon which the rack is to be mounted.

From this it will be seen that the rack may be secured upon nails 8 which are spaced apart a distance the maximum of which is equal to the length of the clamp bar 6.

hen the pitch of the studding in the wall structure upon which the rack is to be mounted exceeds the length of the clamp bar 6, then a nail or screw may be driven into the wall at such point as to engage one of the studs, and then the rack is mounted upon the nail at a point about central along the length of the clamp bar 6 so that a firm support is secured for the rack and its bur den, and then othen nails or screws, for instance, may be driven into the adjacent wall structure in the horizontal plane of the nail for carrying the load at any suitable distance along the wall, and which may be clamped between the clamp member when the latter is drawn upwardly by the adjustment of the screws 7.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the clamp bar 6 is disposed toward the rear edge of the upper member 2 and when the rack is mounted upon the supporting nail or nails 8 and the clamp bar 6 drawn up tightly against the nail, the latter is clamped firmly and rigidly and the rack is held against movement and collapse.

In the use of the device a person desiring to hang pieces of clothes upon the rack simply has to reach up with one hand and swing one of the bars & forwardly from its folded position between the frame members 2-2, and this can readily be accomplished with one hand while the other hand may be utilized for the support of clothes which are to gener l be arranged upon the rack. It is understood, of course, that any number of the arms may be used at one time as may be desired by simply swinging them on their pivots 3 to the desired angular relative position necessary to conveniently receive and support the articles to be mounted thereon.

YVha-t is claimed as new is:

l. A clothes drier comprising upper and lower frame members, a plurality of groups of hanger bars, means upon which said groups are respectively pivoted and securing the said members in assembled relation, and a clamping member adapted to engage variously spaced convenient supports, said member comprising a longitudinal bar adjust-ably secured to one of said members adjacent its rear edge.

A clothes drier comprising a frame structure, a plurality of groups of swinging hanger bars, and a clamping member, engaged by screws in said frame, for engaging various convenient supports and comprising a bar disposed below, and adjacent the rear edge of, the upper frame member.

A clothes drier comprising a plurality of groups of swinging hanger bars, and clamping means for engaging various convenient spaced supports, and carrying said bars, including a pair of elongated parallel clamping members adjustably attached together.

4. A clothes drier comprising a: frame structure carrying a plurality of swinging hanger bars, and a clamp rod spaced P2111211: lel with and adjustably connected to one member of the frame.

5. A clothes drier comprising a frame structure having at each end a group of swinging bars, a clamp rod extending parallel to and below the upper member of the frame, and means for adjustably'coimecting the bar to said frame and for drawing the rod and member together to mutually clamp interposed means upon which the drier may be supported.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HEBER B. FRUTGHEY.

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